On Wed, Aug 12, 2015  Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> wrote:

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​>>​
>> ​ if that definition of "you" is used then the question "What one and
>> only one city did you end up seeing?" has no answer because it is not a
>> question at all, it is just a sequence of ASCII characters the last of
>> which happens to be a question mark.
>>
>
>
> ​> ​
> You might argue that it is false,
>

​If it's a question how can it be false? ​And if it is a question what is
the answer?

​> ​
> but not that it is meaningless.
>

​I have 2 cupcakes one red and one blue,​ what is *the* one color of *the*
one and only cupcake that I have? That is another example of something that
is not a question but is just a sequence of ASCII characters the last of
which is a question mark.


> ​> ​
> Each observer moment believes they are a unique individual with a unique
> past and a unique future.
>

​People can believe all sorts of foolish things, but if a person enters a
person duplicating machine ​that person will still have a unique past but
will NOT have a unique future. Yes that is odd, but odd things happen when
a person is duplicated.

 John K Clark

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